Rate The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[The Josh]

 

[Gates70]

You would lose that bet.

+1 cause I'm one of the people that voted 5 and the LOTR trilogy are my favourite movies of all time. They are also my son's favourite and he scored The Hobbit the same as me. Bet lost.

 

[Niltusk]

I wanted more and am excited about the EE being 3hours. For me what was in there outside of a couple gags worked great, it moved quickly, and left me wanting more.

Love the way this was executed and it makes me sad that each of the original trilogy weren't at least 2 movies each. Tom Bombadil wept!

 

[The Josh]

Love the way this was executed and it makes me sad that each of the original trilogy weren't at least 2 movies each. Tom Bombadil wept!

I don't miss Tom Bombadil at all.

 

[Fritz]

Love the way this was executed and it makes me sad that each of the original trilogy weren't at least 2 movies each. Tom Bombadil wept!

Exactly! Lord of the Rings was actually 6 books.

 

[OSCORP]

Eli trollin?

 

[The Ween]

He must be. He wouldn't rate this a ONE!

 

[K07]

Eeeesh. I thought RotK AND Ghandi were both too long.

If you thought he could have trimmed some, I fear for my experience.

I watched RotK the other day and think its the worst of the trilogy simply based on its length. It drags. The false endings are annoying but even before that point I dread any moment with Sam and Frodo.... I just want this quest to be over already! I thought TTT was much better with the conflict between Gollum and Smeagol but once he's a true villain, the conflict between Sam and Frodo is just wrong to me. I get it, the ring is corrupting his judgement. But it's just too much. I think each Middle Earth movie has suffered in quality as it comes out.

FotR EE - 10/10
TTT EE - 9/10
RotK EE - 8/10
Overall - 9.5/10 (the cheesy endings in RotK and the length take it down a notch from perfection for me)

Haven't seen the Hobbit yet. Hoping it's at least a 7 because I consider that the lower end of "good." I score lesser quality things between 0-6...

I don't miss Tom Bombadil at all.

A vivid memory of the book and one of many problems I had with it and why I never bothered with TTT, RotK, or the Hobbit. I'll stick to the cinematic Tolkien. I hope you can agree its better than no Tolkien at all?

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Not sure why people are always complaining about RotK. Just because the ring is destroyed doesn't mean the movie must immediately end. After one of the longest and most well-made trilogies I would be incredibly disappointed if they hadn't spent as much time showing what happens to each character.

And cheesy? If you've never seen LotR before and accidently turned it on during Frodo's goodbye or something, I can understand that. But after being there for the entire journey I'm shocked that anyone could sum it all up with "cheesy".

 

[EnShinNoi]

Not sure why people are always complaining about RotK. Just because the ring is destroyed doesn't mean the movie must immediately end. After one of the longest and most well-made trilogies I would be incredibly disappointed if they hadn't spent as much time showing what happens to each character.

And cheesy? If you've never seen LotR before and accidently turned it on during Frodo's goodbye or something, I can understand that. But after being there for the entire journey I'm shocked that anyone could sum it all up with "cheesy".

There's a few things in RotK I'd label as cheesy but the ending is far from them. I loved the ending, one of my favourite moments in the trilogy.

 

[The Josh]

I hope you can agree its better than no Tolkien at all?

It is.

 

[carbo-fation]

I wish the ending for ROTK would be longer. I can never get enough of it. When they get on the ship at the Grey Haven, I keep saying to myself "I need more. This can't be it".

 

[The Josh]

After reading the books so many times or watching the movies when Sam gets back I'm just like damn it's over.

 

[TheFiend]

A vivid memory of the book and one of many problems I had with it and why I never bothered with TTT, RotK, or the Hobbit. I'll stick to the cinematic Tolkien. I hope you can agree its better than no Tolkien at all?

I bothered with the books and I can tell you sticking with the movies is just fine.

Wish I could give a my thoughts on The Hobbit but I fwll asleep after 30 minutes and woke up when credits were rolling. Not because of boredom or anything it's just I've been pushing myself to much between work and kids etc. I gotta see it again. I wanted to go 3D because I've never seen a 3D movie before but from what Im hearing that's not the way to go?

 

[RagingBull]

9/10 loved it, I watched it in 2D. Going to watch again over the Christmas holidays in 3D

 

[ApeManRyan]

Saw the film this past weekend and loved it. I say either a 8 or 9 for me. Reason being is that I wish they didn't use so much CGI. Why couldn't they use half and half like in LOTR? I just wish they used real good make up/special effects on the Orc's and the other Villain's than would of gave it a 9 or 10. That's my only complaint. Other than that I loved the film. Great characters, Great story, followed the book very well, Music score rocked, A lot of great scenes and brought back the memories of me seeing the LOTR films in the Theatre with my dad. Just brought back great memories for sure. That's my thought on the film. If they used more special effects like I said than would of rated it higher.

 

[CelticPredator]

I bothered with the books and I can tell you sticking with the movies is just fine.

Wish I could give a my thoughts on The Hobbit but I fwll asleep after 30 minutes and woke up when credits were rolling. Not because of boredom or anything it's just I've been pushing myself to much between work and kids etc. I gotta see it again. I wanted to go 3D because I've never seen a 3D movie before but from what Im hearing that's not the way to go?

Not with this one. You were better off 4 years ago. Or in September.

 

[Reinhardt]

8

Really really enjoyed it. Brought me back to Middle Earth, and my memories watching Lord of the Rings in the theatres. The only thing in my opinion that brought it down were the action sequences that were too bloated, and FAR too unbelievable. I can believe a lot, but Jackson took some of the action (and the ability for the Dwarves to survive) too far.

Case in point - the bridge collapse at the Goblin Lair, the stone giants battle, and the battle at the trees near the end of the film.

 

[JonnyReedie]

Because I read the book: 8/10

If i hadn't read the book: a genuine 10/10

 

[JonnyReedie]

8

Really really enjoyed it. Brought me back to Middle Earth, and my memories watching Lord of the Rings in the theatres. The only thing in my opinion that brought it down were the action sequences that were too bloated, and FAR too unbelievable. I can believe a lot, but Jackson took some of the action (and the ability for the Dwarves to survive) too far.

Case in point - the bridge collapse at the Goblin Lair, the stone giants battle, and the battle at the trees near the end of the film.

I don't disagree, but in my second viewing gandalfs line '' a good story deserves embellishment'' really resonated throughout those scenes and kind of made it work for me.